Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

4 reviews

lokes's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

I already did not really like the first two books, because of the multiple problems with them - going from racism to queerphobia, the downplay of physical, mental and most importantly sexual abuse, the whole „man is greater than woman“ stuff which wasn’t exactly hidden and most importantly the blatant fascism, especially when it comes to government systems.
In this book, he definitely lost me after an actual discussion described in the book about how the biggest threat to the group is democracy? Hell no. 

I’m really glad I did not buy physical copies of the trilogy, because that would’ve been a waste of both time and money. 


Also, I can’t believe this book got even close to being nominated for an award award, much less to actually win one?? Rest just feels so goddamn wrong :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

reddeddy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Medical content, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Break the chains.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement